Carriers for bottles and the like



May 14, 1968 Filed May 5, 1966 D. WAINBERG CARRIERS FOR BOTTLES AND THELIKE 3 Sheets-Sheet l May 14, 1968 0. WAINBERG 3,383,010

CARRIERS FOR BOTTLES AND THE LIKE Filed May 5, 1966 a Sheets-Sheet 2 May14, 1968 o. WAINBERG 3,383,010

CARRIERS FOR BOTTLES AND THE LIKE Filed May 5, 1966 I v 5 Sheets-Sheet sUnited States Patent 3,383,010 CARRIERS FOR BOTTLES AND THE LIKE DanielWainberg, 745 Guy St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada Filed May 5, 1966, Ser.No. 547,940 3 Claims. (Cl. 220-111) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A carrierhaving a pair of bottom integral walls hav ing side walls which areformed with outer and inner upper sections integrally joined together bytransverse intermediate inclined strips and transverse end members, andwith longitudinal handle portions integral with the inner upper sectionsof the side walls and longitudinally glued together with the inner uppersections, the carrier being characterized by the fact that means areprovided in the top edges of the intermediate strips and in the loweredges of the inner upper sections for their interengagement with oneanother in the carriers collapsed position, and that at least one of itsend transverse members has an integral extension flap which is folded ina back to-back position across the faces of the adjacent end transversemembers and glued thereto, together with the formation of notches in atleast two of the adjacent ends of the bottom walls for engagement byhooks forming integral parts of the corner walls of the carrier.

The invention relates to improvements in carriers for bottes and thelike as described in the present specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings that form a part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel features of constructionas pointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for noveltyfollowing a description containing an explanation in detail of anacceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to devise a carrier for bottles andother contents that may be made of a comparatively light weightpaperboard or similar sheet material and formed from a one-piece pre-cutblank, and which is cut and creased to form longitudinal and transverseseparator members for the introduction of bottles and other contentsinto the carrier.

Another object of the invention is to construct a carrier for bottlesand the like in such a way that those portions of the carrier that areprone to tear, under stress and strain, such as at the joinder of thehandle sections with the end panels or end walls of the carrier will bereinforced by integral material members and thereby materially reducesuch possibilities.

A further object of the invention is to devise a carrier that will beformed from a plurality of parts in an economical manner and providedwith increased strength at certain points where such increased strengthis desired.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a carrier that maybe made from a lighter stock of material than has previously beencommonly used, and that will be comparatively cheap to manufacture, ofsuificient durable strength to support the bottles, and yet permit ofits disposal, together with the now emptied disposable bottles that itmay have contained.

Still another object of the invention is to devise a collapsible carrierthat can be quickly and efliciently erected by mechanical or manualmeans and capable of being automatically filled with bottles or otherpredetermined articles, and yet through its flexibility will permitlimited variations of the sizes of the bottles that may be carried bythe carrier.

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The invention, together with the above and other objects and advantages,is set forth in more technical detail in the following description andaccompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of the pre-cut blank for the bottle carrier.

FIGURE 2 is a plan view of the pre-cut blank for the bottle carrier,showing the initial folding stage and the initial gluing.

FIGURE 3 shows the bottle carrier assembled in a form ready for erectionand suitable for shipping flat.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective exploded view of the bottle carrier in itspartially erected position and prior to the initial gluing.

FIGURE 5 is a perspective exploded view of the bottle carrier and takenfrom the opposite end thereof to that illustrated in FIGURE 4 and priorto the initial gluing.

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of the erected bottle carrier ready foruse.

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of the erected bottle carrier ready foruse and taken from the opposite end to that illustrated in FIGURE 6.

FIGURE 8 is a perspective fragmentary view of the underside of one endof the carrier in its collapsed position.

FIGURE 9 is a perspective fragmentary view of the underside of one endof the carrier, as shown in FIG- URE 8, in a partially collapsedposition.

FIGURE 10 is a perspective fragmentary view of the underside of the sameend of the carrier as illustrated in FIGURES 8 and 9, in its expanded orerected position.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the variousfigures.

Referring to the drawings, the carrier for bottles and other articles isformed from a one-piece pre-cnt blank and made from any suitable stiffmaterial such as cardboard, pasteboard, pulp, plastic, aluminum,composite and other materials capable of being cut, creased and foldedto form the required configurations of carriers and handled throughmechanical and automatic means for making the same.

The pre-cut blank, as indicated by the numeral 15, consists of a bottomwall 16 formed of a pair of bottom sections 17 integrally hinged to oneanother by the longitudinal crease or folding line 18, the bottomsections 17 having at least one of their common ends provided with anintegrally projecting ledge 19 terminating into locking shoulders ornotches 20.

The side walls 21 and 22 are integrally formed with the bot-tom wall 16and extend the full length thereof and foldable therefrom by thelongitudinal crease or fold lines 23 and 24. Each of the side walls 21and 22 have their upper outer sections 25 joined to their upper innersections 26 by a plurality of intermediate inclined strips or transversepartitions 27 and 28 and end members 29 and 30. The upper inner sections26 merge with the handle sections 31, the latter having one or morecoinciding finger-engaging openings 32 and glue strips 33 extendinglongitudinally above the openings 32 and adapted to be glued to oneanother to form the handle 34. One of the glue strips may be providedwith an integral longitudinal glue flap 35 which is adapted to overlapthe adjacent glue strip of the opposing inner section, when the upperinner sections 26 are in abutting position, for adhesively joining themtogether, and thus reinforce the handle.

The side Walls 21 and 22 and their integral end members 30 have theintegral lateral extensions 36 and 37, separated therefrom by the creaseor fold lines 38 and 39, these lateral extensions having their upperportions glued to the outer faces of the end members 30 to complete endcorner walls 40 and 40a of the carrier and forming a central archway.The inner lower ends of the corner walls 40 and '41 are provided withintegral hooks 42 and 43 that are adapted to engage with the notches orlocking shoulders of the projecting ledge 19 for holding the bottom wallin an approximately horizontal position while the bottles or otherarticles are being inserted into the carrier.

The end member 30, that joins the upper outer section to the upper innersection 26 of the side wall 22, is diagonally creased at 44 to form theend extension flap 45, which is adapted to articulate inwardlytherefrom, and is adhesively secured to the outer faces of the endmember and its adjacent counterpart that forms the joinder between theupper inner section and the upper outer section of the side wall 21. Theend extension flap 45 is shaped to conform with the contour of the outeredges of the adjacent end members 30 and is vertically creased at 46 soas to be in alignment with the integral inner vertical crease or foldline 61 of its end member, and thus adapted to conform with the foldingand unfolding operations to collapse or erect the carrier.

This extension flap 45 actually forms a hinge member to join the twoadjacent end members to one another, and since the end members areintegral with the adjacent inner upper sections this provides a limitedhinge effect to that end of the inner upper sections. As illustrated inFIGURES 8, 9 and 10, the result is that in the collapsed position of thecarrier, the space formed between the inner upper sections at that endwill be expanded, and as the carrier is being erected this space willgradually be contracted, until when the carrier is fully erected thespace will be completely closed, thus allowing expansion of the endmembers to expand with the minimum of strain thereon and reduce thepossibility of any tearing of the same and at the same time strengthenthe end of the carrier.

The lateral extensions 47 and 48 are integral with the other ends of theside walls 21 and 22 and inwardly foldable therefrom by the crease orfold lines 49 and Stl in order to form the end corner Walls 51 and 52.These lateral extensions 47 and 48 also form an integral part of the endmembers 29 and incorporate therewith to form a central archway.

The glue flap 53 forms an integral part of the end member 29 and handlesection 31 of the side wall 21 and is bendable therefrom at the verticalcrease or fold line 54 so as to be in a back-to-back position with theinner face of the handle section 31 and the inner face of the innerupper section 26 and adhesively secured thereto.

The glue strip 55 forms an integral extension of the end member 29 andthe handle section 31 of the side wall 22 and is foldable therefrom atthe vertical crease or fold line 56 so as to engage with the inner faceof the handle section 31 and the inner face of the inner upper section26 and adhesively secured thereto. The other flat surface of the gluestrip 55 is adhesively secured to the glue flap 53 and the upper innerface portion of the handle section 31 of the side wall 21.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the integral handle 34 of thecarrier is not only strengthened and reinforced throughout its lengthand at its ends but also, in the lateral directions through the inclinedstrips and the end members that join the inner upper sections of theside walls to one another so as to complete the integral andintermediate longitudinal handle 34, and also through the formation ofthe archways created by the end members combined with the end cornerwalls.

The lower edges 57 of the inner upper sections 26 and the upper edges 58of the intermediate inclined strips 27 and 28 correspond in contour toone another and are provided with corresponding shoulder and offsetportions 59 and 6f the positioning of these offset portions being inopposite directions to those forming a part of the side wall 21 and tothose forming a part of the side wall 22. In this way, when the carrierhas been assembled in a form ready for erection and is in a fiatcondition for shipping, any possibility of the entanglement orinterengagement of the opposing intermediate inclined strips to oneanother will be reduced to a minimum, as the inclined strips are trappedin position on the side of the handle of the carrier to those inclinedstrips trapped on the other side of the handle of the carrier.

In the initial folding stage and initial gluing of the pre-cut blank,the integral lateral extensions 36 and 37 are folded inwardly to engagewith and to be adhesively secured to the lower portions of the outerfaces of the end members 30, while the end extension flap 45 is bent ina back-to-back position with the upper portion of the outer face of itsintegrally hinged end member and adhesively secured thereto and leavingits outer integrally hinged flap portion 41 free for later engagementwith the outer face of the opposing end member. The glue flap 53 is bentinwardly to adhesively engage with the inner face of one end of theadjacent handle section 31 and the inner face of its accompanying innerupper section 26 and is adapted to extend below the lower edge of thatportion thereof. The glue strip 55 is turned inwardly and has the upperportion of its inner face adhesively secured to the inner face of theadjacent handle section 31 and extends downwardly therefrom to the fulldepth of the end of its adjacent end member to which it is integrallyand foldably secured.

In the final folding and gluing stage, one half of the pre-cut blank isfolded over the other half of the blank along the longitudinal foldingline 18 so that the inner faces of the adjacent bottom sections 17 ofthe bottom wall will come into face-to-face engagement as well as theinner faces of the side Walls, the inner upper sections and the lowerouter sections and the handle sections thereof. The inner face of thehinged fiap portion 41 of the extension flap 45 is adhesively secured tothe upper portion of the outer face of the opposing end member of theside wall 21, and the outer face of the glue strip 55 is adhesivelysecured to the inner face of the corner edge portion 62 of the opposinghandle sections 31 and also is adhesively secured to the outer face ofthe glue flap 53.

The longitudinal glue flap 35, which is integral with one of the handlesections 31, overlaps the top edge of the opposing handle section of theside wall 21 and is glued to the inner face thereof and thus completingthe handle 34 and the assembly of the carrier, which is collapsible to aflat position for shipping purposes and is easily erected for immediateuse.

Since certain changes may be made in the above invention and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpretedas illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim is:

1. A carrier for bottles and the like formed from a one-piece pre-cutblank and comprising side walls, a pair of bottom sections integral withsaid side walls and with one another and separated from each other by alongitudinal crease line and forming a bottom wall in which at lea-stone end of said integral bottom sections is provided with notcheslocated between the longitudinal crease line separating the bottomsections from one another and the joinder of said side walls with saidbottom sections, an outer upper section and an inner upper sectionforming a part of each of said side Walls, intermediate transverseinclined strips and end inclined transverse members integral with andjoining said outer upper section and said inner upper section of eachWall to one another, a handle section integral with said inner uppersections of each side wall, lateral extensions integral with said endtransverse members and said side walls to complete end corner walls andform a central archway,

hooks integral with the lower inner ends of certain of said lateralextensions and adapted to engage with the notches of said bottomsections, and means for securing the handle sections to one another andto said inner upper sections together.

2. A carrier for bottles and the like as claimed in claim 1,characterized by the fact that at least one of the transverse endmembers has an upper diagonal crease line separating it from an integralextension flap which is folded in a back-to-back position with the upperportions of the outer faces of its integrally hinged transverse endmember and the opposing transverse end member and secured thereto andhaving a vertical crease line in alinement with the fold line formedbetween the joinder of its integral transverse end member and itsadjacent inner upper section.

3. A carrier for bottles and the like as claimed in claim 1,characterized by the fact that the lower edges of the inner uppersection and the upper edges of the intermediate transverse inclinedstrips correspond in contour to one another and are provided withcorresponding shoulders and offset portions, which positions arearranged in opposite directions to one another and are adapted tointerlock the inner upper section and the outer upper section of eachside together in the collapsed position of the carrier.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,367,066 1/1945 Slevin 2201132,616,611 11/1952 Arneson 220-113 2,731,170 1/1956 Bergstein 2201133,202,313 8/1965 \Vainberg 220-413 3,204,815 9/1965 Weiss 220-113 DONALDF. NORTON, Primary Examiner.

